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+#include "eval.hh"
+#include "hash.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
+#include "store-api.hh"
+#include "derivations.hh"
+#include "globals.hh"
+#include "eval-inline.hh"
+#include "download.hh"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+
+#if HAVE_BOEHMGC
+
+#include <gc/gc.h>
+#include <gc/gc_cpp.h>
+
+#define NEW new (UseGC)
+
+#else
+
+#define NEW new
+
+#endif
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+static char * dupString(const char * s)
+{
+    char * t;
+#if HAVE_BOEHMGC
+    t = GC_strdup(s);
+#else
+    t = strdup(s);
+#endif
+    if (!t) throw std::bad_alloc();
+    return t;
+}
+
+
+static void * allocBytes(size_t n)
+{
+    void * p;
+#if HAVE_BOEHMGC
+    p = GC_malloc(n);
+#else
+    p = malloc(n);
+#endif
+    if (!p) throw std::bad_alloc();
+    return p;
+}
+
+
+static void printValue(std::ostream & str, std::set<const Value *> & active, const Value & v)
+{
+    checkInterrupt();
+
+    if (active.find(&v) != active.end()) {
+        str << "<CYCLE>";
+        return;
+    }
+    active.insert(&v);
+
+    switch (v.type) {
+    case tInt:
+        str << v.integer;
+        break;
+    case tBool:
+        str << (v.boolean ? "true" : "false");
+        break;
+    case tString:
+        str << "\"";
+        for (const char * i = v.string.s; *i; i++)
+            if (*i == '\"' || *i == '\\') str << "\\" << *i;
+            else if (*i == '\n') str << "\\n";
+            else if (*i == '\r') str << "\\r";
+            else if (*i == '\t') str << "\\t";
+            else str << *i;
+        str << "\"";
+        break;
+    case tPath:
+        str << v.path; // !!! escaping?
+        break;
+    case tNull:
+        str << "null";
+        break;
+    case tAttrs: {
+        str << "{ ";
+        for (auto & i : v.attrs->lexicographicOrder()) {
+            str << i->name << " = ";
+            printValue(str, active, *i->value);
+            str << "; ";
+        }
+        str << "}";
+        break;
+    }
+    case tList1:
+    case tList2:
+    case tListN:
+        str << "[ ";
+        for (unsigned int n = 0; n < v.listSize(); ++n) {
+            printValue(str, active, *v.listElems()[n]);
+            str << " ";
+        }
+        str << "]";
+        break;
+    case tThunk:
+    case tApp:
+        str << "<CODE>";
+        break;
+    case tLambda:
+        str << "<LAMBDA>";
+        break;
+    case tPrimOp:
+        str << "<PRIMOP>";
+        break;
+    case tPrimOpApp:
+        str << "<PRIMOP-APP>";
+        break;
+    case tExternal:
+        str << *v.external;
+        break;
+    case tFloat:
+        str << v.fpoint;
+        break;
+    default:
+        throw Error("invalid value");
+    }
+
+    active.erase(&v);
+}
+
+
+std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream & str, const Value & v)
+{
+    std::set<const Value *> active;
+    printValue(str, active, v);
+    return str;
+}
+
+
+string showType(const Value & v)
+{
+    switch (v.type) {
+        case tInt: return "an integer";
+        case tBool: return "a boolean";
+        case tString: return "a string";
+        case tPath: return "a path";
+        case tNull: return "null";
+        case tAttrs: return "a set";
+        case tList1: case tList2: case tListN: return "a list";
+        case tThunk: return "a thunk";
+        case tApp: return "a function application";
+        case tLambda: return "a function";
+        case tBlackhole: return "a black hole";
+        case tPrimOp: return "a built-in function";
+        case tPrimOpApp: return "a partially applied built-in function";
+        case tExternal: return v.external->showType();
+        case tFloat: return "a float";
+    }
+    abort();
+}
+
+
+#if HAVE_BOEHMGC
+/* Called when the Boehm GC runs out of memory. */
+static void * oomHandler(size_t requested)
+{
+    /* Convert this to a proper C++ exception. */
+    throw std::bad_alloc();
+}
+#endif
+
+
+static Symbol getName(const AttrName & name, EvalState & state, Env & env)
+{
+    if (name.symbol.set()) {
+        return name.symbol;
+    } else {
+        Value nameValue;
+        name.expr->eval(state, env, nameValue);
+        state.forceStringNoCtx(nameValue);
+        return state.symbols.create(nameValue.string.s);
+    }
+}
+
+
+static bool gcInitialised = false;
+
+void initGC()
+{
+    if (gcInitialised) return;
+
+#if HAVE_BOEHMGC
+    /* Initialise the Boehm garbage collector. */
+    GC_set_all_interior_pointers(0);
+
+    GC_INIT();
+
+    GC_set_oom_fn(oomHandler);
+
+    /* Set the initial heap size to something fairly big (25% of
+       physical RAM, up to a maximum of 384 MiB) so that in most cases
+       we don't need to garbage collect at all.  (Collection has a
+       fairly significant overhead.)  The heap size can be overridden
+       through libgc's GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE environment variable.  We
+       should probably also provide a nix.conf setting for this.  Note
+       that GC_expand_hp() causes a lot of virtual, but not physical
+       (resident) memory to be allocated.  This might be a problem on
+       systems that don't overcommit. */
+    if (!getenv("GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE")) {
+        size_t size = 32 * 1024 * 1024;
+#if HAVE_SYSCONF && defined(_SC_PAGESIZE) && defined(_SC_PHYS_PAGES)
+        size_t maxSize = 384 * 1024 * 1024;
+        long pageSize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+        long pages = sysconf(_SC_PHYS_PAGES);
+        if (pageSize != -1)
+            size = (pageSize * pages) / 4; // 25% of RAM
+        if (size > maxSize) size = maxSize;
+#endif
+        debug(format("setting initial heap size to %1% bytes") % size);
+        GC_expand_hp(size);
+    }
+
+#endif
+
+    gcInitialised = true;
+}
+
+
+/* Very hacky way to parse $NIX_PATH, which is colon-separated, but
+   can contain URLs (e.g. "nixpkgs=https://bla...:foo=https://"). */
+static Strings parseNixPath(const string & s)
+{
+    Strings res;
+
+    auto p = s.begin();
+
+    while (p != s.end()) {
+        auto start = p;
+        auto start2 = p;
+
+        while (p != s.end() && *p != ':') {
+            if (*p == '=') start2 = p + 1;
+            ++p;
+        }
+
+        if (p == s.end()) {
+            if (p != start) res.push_back(std::string(start, p));
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (*p == ':') {
+            if (isUri(std::string(start2, s.end()))) {
+                ++p;
+                while (p != s.end() && *p != ':') ++p;
+            }
+            res.push_back(std::string(start, p));
+            if (p == s.end()) break;
+        }
+
+        ++p;
+    }
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+
+EvalState::EvalState(const Strings & _searchPath, ref<Store> store)
+    : sWith(symbols.create("<with>"))
+    , sOutPath(symbols.create("outPath"))
+    , sDrvPath(symbols.create("drvPath"))
+    , sType(symbols.create("type"))
+    , sMeta(symbols.create("meta"))
+    , sName(symbols.create("name"))
+    , sValue(symbols.create("value"))
+    , sSystem(symbols.create("system"))
+    , sOverrides(symbols.create("__overrides"))
+    , sOutputs(symbols.create("outputs"))
+    , sOutputName(symbols.create("outputName"))
+    , sIgnoreNulls(symbols.create("__ignoreNulls"))
+    , sFile(symbols.create("file"))
+    , sLine(symbols.create("line"))
+    , sColumn(symbols.create("column"))
+    , sFunctor(symbols.create("__functor"))
+    , sToString(symbols.create("__toString"))
+    , sRight(symbols.create("right"))
+    , sWrong(symbols.create("wrong"))
+    , sStructuredAttrs(symbols.create("__structuredAttrs"))
+    , sBuilder(symbols.create("builder"))
+    , store(store)
+    , baseEnv(allocEnv(128))
+    , staticBaseEnv(false, 0)
+{
+    countCalls = getEnv("NIX_COUNT_CALLS", "0") != "0";
+
+    restricted = settings.restrictEval;
+
+    assert(gcInitialised);
+
+    /* Initialise the Nix expression search path. */
+    Strings paths = parseNixPath(getEnv("NIX_PATH", ""));
+    for (auto & i : _searchPath) addToSearchPath(i);
+    for (auto & i : paths) addToSearchPath(i);
+    addToSearchPath("nix=" + settings.nixDataDir + "/nix/corepkgs");
+
+    clearValue(vEmptySet);
+    vEmptySet.type = tAttrs;
+    vEmptySet.attrs = allocBindings(0);
+
+    createBaseEnv();
+}
+
+
+EvalState::~EvalState()
+{
+    fileEvalCache.clear();
+}
+
+
+Path EvalState::checkSourcePath(const Path & path_)
+{
+    if (!restricted) return path_;
+
+    /* Resolve symlinks. */
+    debug(format("checking access to ‘%s’") % path_);
+    Path path = canonPath(path_, true);
+
+    for (auto & i : searchPath) {
+        auto r = resolveSearchPathElem(i);
+        if (!r.first) continue;
+        if (path == r.second || isInDir(path, r.second))
+            return path;
+    }
+
+    /* To support import-from-derivation, allow access to anything in
+       the store. FIXME: only allow access to paths that have been
+       constructed by this evaluation. */
+    if (store->isInStore(path)) return path;
+
+#if 0
+    /* Hack to support the chroot dependencies of corepkgs (see
+       corepkgs/config.nix.in). */
+    if (path == settings.nixPrefix && isStorePath(settings.nixPrefix))
+        return path;
+#endif
+
+    throw RestrictedPathError(format("access to path ‘%1%’ is forbidden in restricted mode") % path_);
+}
+
+
+void EvalState::addConstant(const string & name, Value & v)
+{
+    Value * v2 = allocValue();
+    *v2 = v;
+    staticBaseEnv.vars[symbols.create(name)] = baseEnvDispl;
+    baseEnv.values[baseEnvDispl++] = v2;
+    string name2 = string(name, 0, 2) == "__" ? string(name, 2) : name;
+    baseEnv.values[0]->attrs->push_back(Attr(symbols.create(name2), v2));
+}
+
+
+void EvalState::addPrimOp(const string & name,
+    unsigned int arity, PrimOpFun primOp)
+{
+    Value * v = allocValue();
+    string name2 = string(name, 0, 2) == "__" ? string(name, 2) : name;
+    Symbol sym = symbols.create(name2);
+    v->type = tPrimOp;
+    v->primOp = NEW PrimOp(primOp, arity, sym);
+    staticBaseEnv.vars[symbols.create(name)] = baseEnvDispl;
+    baseEnv.values[baseEnvDispl++] = v;
+    baseEnv.values[0]->attrs->push_back(Attr(sym, v));
+}
+
+
+Value & EvalState::getBuiltin(const string & name)
+{
+    return *baseEnv.values[0]->attrs->find(symbols.create(name))->value;
+}
+
+
+/* Every "format" object (even temporary) takes up a few hundred bytes
+   of stack space, which is a real killer in the recursive
+   evaluator.  So here are some helper functions for throwing
+   exceptions. */
+
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const char * s, const string & s2))
+{
+    throw EvalError(format(s) % s2);
+}
+
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const char * s, const string & s2, const Pos & pos))
+{
+    throw EvalError(format(s) % s2 % pos);
+}
+
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const char * s, const string & s2, const string & s3))
+{
+    throw EvalError(format(s) % s2 % s3);
+}
+
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const char * s, const string & s2, const string & s3, const Pos & pos))
+{
+    throw EvalError(format(s) % s2 % s3 % pos);
+}
+
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwEvalError(const char * s, const Symbol & sym, const Pos & p1, const Pos & p2))
+{
+    throw EvalError(format(s) % sym % p1 % p2);
+}
+
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwTypeError(const char * s, const Pos & pos))
+{
+    throw TypeError(format(s) % pos);
+}
+
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwTypeError(const char * s, const string & s1))
+{
+    throw TypeError(format(s) % s1);
+}
+
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwTypeError(const char * s, const ExprLambda & fun, const Symbol & s2, const Pos & pos))
+{
+    throw TypeError(format(s) % fun.showNamePos() % s2 % pos);
+}
+
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwAssertionError(const char * s, const Pos & pos))
+{
+    throw AssertionError(format(s) % pos);
+}
+
+LocalNoInlineNoReturn(void throwUndefinedVarError(const char * s, const string & s1, const Pos & pos))
+{
+    throw UndefinedVarError(format(s) % s1 % pos);
+}
+
+LocalNoInline(void addErrorPrefix(Error & e, const char * s, const string & s2))
+{
+    e.addPrefix(format(s) % s2);
+}
+
+LocalNoInline(void addErrorPrefix(Error & e, const char * s, const ExprLambda & fun, const Pos & pos))
+{
+    e.addPrefix(format(s) % fun.showNamePos() % pos);
+}
+
+LocalNoInline(void addErrorPrefix(Error & e, const char * s, const string & s2, const Pos & pos))
+{
+    e.addPrefix(format(s) % s2 % pos);
+}
+
+
+void mkString(Value & v, const char * s)
+{
+    mkStringNoCopy(v, dupString(s));
+}
+
+
+Value & mkString(Value & v, const string & s, const PathSet & context)
+{
+    mkString(v, s.c_str());
+    if (!context.empty()) {
+        unsigned int n = 0;
+        v.string.context = (const char * *)
+            allocBytes((context.size() + 1) * sizeof(char *));
+        for (auto & i : context)
+            v.string.context[n++] = dupString(i.c_str());
+        v.string.context[n] = 0;
+    }
+    return v;
+}
+
+
+void mkPath(Value & v, const char * s)
+{
+    mkPathNoCopy(v, dupString(s));
+}
+
+
+inline Value * EvalState::lookupVar(Env * env, const ExprVar & var, bool noEval)
+{
+    for (unsigned int l = var.level; l; --l, env = env->up) ;
+
+    if (!var.fromWith) return env->values[var.displ];
+
+    while (1) {
+        if (!env->haveWithAttrs) {
+            if (noEval) return 0;
+            Value * v = allocValue();
+            evalAttrs(*env->up, (Expr *) env->values[0], *v);
+            env->values[0] = v;
+            env->haveWithAttrs = true;
+        }
+        Bindings::iterator j = env->values[0]->attrs->find(var.name);
+        if (j != env->values[0]->attrs->end()) {
+            if (countCalls && j->pos) attrSelects[*j->pos]++;
+            return j->value;
+        }
+        if (!env->prevWith)
+            throwUndefinedVarError("undefined variable ‘%1%’ at %2%", var.name, var.pos);
+        for (unsigned int l = env->prevWith; l; --l, env = env->up) ;
+    }
+}
+
+
+Value * EvalState::allocValue()
+{
+    nrValues++;
+    return (Value *) allocBytes(sizeof(Value));
+}
+
+
+Env & EvalState::allocEnv(unsigned int size)
+{
+    assert(size <= std::numeric_limits<decltype(Env::size)>::max());
+
+    nrEnvs++;
+    nrValuesInEnvs += size;
+    Env * env = (Env *) allocBytes(sizeof(Env) + size * sizeof(Value *));
+    env->size = size;
+
+    /* Clear the values because maybeThunk() and lookupVar fromWith expect this. */
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < size; ++i)
+        env->values[i] = 0;
+
+    return *env;
+}
+
+
+void EvalState::mkList(Value & v, unsigned int size)
+{
+    clearValue(v);
+    if (size == 1)
+        v.type = tList1;
+    else if (size == 2)
+        v.type = tList2;
+    else {
+        v.type = tListN;
+        v.bigList.size = size;
+        v.bigList.elems = size ? (Value * *) allocBytes(size * sizeof(Value *)) : 0;
+    }
+    nrListElems += size;
+}
+
+
+unsigned long nrThunks = 0;
+
+static inline void mkThunk(Value & v, Env & env, Expr * expr)
+{
+    v.type = tThunk;
+    v.thunk.env = &env;
+    v.thunk.expr = expr;
+    nrThunks++;
+}
+
+
+void EvalState::mkThunk_(Value & v, Expr * expr)
+{
+    mkThunk(v, baseEnv, expr);
+}
+
+
+void EvalState::mkPos(Value & v, Pos * pos)
+{
+    if (pos) {
+        mkAttrs(v, 3);
+        mkString(*allocAttr(v, sFile), pos->file);
+        mkInt(*allocAttr(v, sLine), pos->line);
+        mkInt(*allocAttr(v, sColumn), pos->column);
+        v.attrs->sort();
+    } else
+        mkNull(v);
+}
+
+
+/* Create a thunk for the delayed computation of the given expression
+   in the given environment.  But if the expression is a variable,
+   then look it up right away.  This significantly reduces the number
+   of thunks allocated. */
+Value * Expr::maybeThunk(EvalState & state, Env & env)
+{
+    Value * v = state.allocValue();
+    mkThunk(*v, env, this);
+    return v;
+}
+
+
+unsigned long nrAvoided = 0;
+
+Value * ExprVar::maybeThunk(EvalState & state, Env & env)
+{
+    Value * v = state.lookupVar(&env, *this, true);
+    /* The value might not be initialised in the environment yet.
+       In that case, ignore it. */
+    if (v) { nrAvoided++; return v; }
+    return Expr::maybeThunk(state, env);
+}
+
+
+Value * ExprString::maybeThunk(EvalState & state, Env & env)
+{
+    nrAvoided++;
+    return &v;
+}
+
+Value * ExprInt::maybeThunk(EvalState & state, Env & env)
+{
+    nrAvoided++;
+    return &v;
+}
+
+Value * ExprFloat::maybeThunk(EvalState & state, Env & env)
+{
+    nrAvoided++;
+    return &v;
+}
+
+Value * ExprPath::maybeThunk(EvalState & state, Env & env)
+{
+    nrAvoided++;
+    return &v;
+}
+
+
+void EvalState::evalFile(const Path & path, Value & v)
+{
+    FileEvalCache::iterator i;
+    if ((i = fileEvalCache.find(path)) != fileEvalCache.end()) {
+        v = i->second;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    Path path2 = resolveExprPath(path);
+    if ((i = fileEvalCache.find(path2)) != fileEvalCache.end()) {
+        v = i->second;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    Activity act(*logger, lvlTalkative, format("evaluating file ‘%1%’") % path2);
+    Expr * e = parseExprFromFile(checkSourcePath(path2));
+    try {
+        eval(e, v);
+    } catch (Error & e) {
+        addErrorPrefix(e, "while evaluating the file ‘%1%’:\n", path2);
+        throw;
+    }
+
+    fileEvalCache[path2] = v;
+    if (path != path2) fileEvalCache[path] = v;
+}
+
+
+void EvalState::resetFileCache()
+{
+    fileEvalCache.clear();
+}
+
+
+void EvalState::eval(Expr * e, Value & v)
+{
+    e->eval(*this, baseEnv, v);
+}
+
+
+inline bool EvalState::evalBool(Env & env, Expr * e)
+{
+    Value v;
+    e->eval(*this, env, v);
+    if (v.type != tBool)
+        throwTypeError("value is %1% while a Boolean was expected", v);
+    return v.boolean;
+}
+
+
+inline bool EvalState::evalBool(Env & env, Expr * e, const Pos & pos)
+{
+    Value v;
+    e->eval(*this, env, v);
+    if (v.type != tBool)
+        throwTypeError("value is %1% while a Boolean was expected, at %2%", v, pos);
+    return v.boolean;
+}
+
+
+inline void EvalState::evalAttrs(Env & env, Expr * e, Value & v)
+{
+    e->eval(*this, env, v);
+    if (v.type != tAttrs)
+        throwTypeError("value is %1% while a set was expected", v);
+}
+
+
+void Expr::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    abort();
+}
+
+
+void ExprInt::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    v = this->v;
+}
+
+
+void ExprFloat::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    v = this->v;
+}
+
+void ExprString::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    v = this->v;
+}
+
+
+void ExprPath::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    v = this->v;
+}
+
+
+void ExprAttrs::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    state.mkAttrs(v, attrs.size() + dynamicAttrs.size());
+    Env *dynamicEnv = &env;
+
+    if (recursive) {
+        /* Create a new environment that contains the attributes in
+           this `rec'. */
+        Env & env2(state.allocEnv(attrs.size()));
+        env2.up = &env;
+        dynamicEnv = &env2;
+
+        AttrDefs::iterator overrides = attrs.find(state.sOverrides);
+        bool hasOverrides = overrides != attrs.end();
+
+        /* The recursive attributes are evaluated in the new
+           environment, while the inherited attributes are evaluated
+           in the original environment. */
+        unsigned int displ = 0;
+        for (auto & i : attrs) {
+            Value * vAttr;
+            if (hasOverrides && !i.second.inherited) {
+                vAttr = state.allocValue();
+                mkThunk(*vAttr, env2, i.second.e);
+            } else
+                vAttr = i.second.e->maybeThunk(state, i.second.inherited ? env : env2);
+            env2.values[displ++] = vAttr;
+            v.attrs->push_back(Attr(i.first, vAttr, &i.second.pos));
+        }
+
+        /* If the rec contains an attribute called `__overrides', then
+           evaluate it, and add the attributes in that set to the rec.
+           This allows overriding of recursive attributes, which is
+           otherwise not possible.  (You can use the // operator to
+           replace an attribute, but other attributes in the rec will
+           still reference the original value, because that value has
+           been substituted into the bodies of the other attributes.
+           Hence we need __overrides.) */
+        if (hasOverrides) {
+            Value * vOverrides = (*v.attrs)[overrides->second.displ].value;
+            state.forceAttrs(*vOverrides);
+            Bindings * newBnds = state.allocBindings(v.attrs->size() + vOverrides->attrs->size());
+            for (auto & i : *v.attrs)
+                newBnds->push_back(i);
+            for (auto & i : *vOverrides->attrs) {
+                AttrDefs::iterator j = attrs.find(i.name);
+                if (j != attrs.end()) {
+                    (*newBnds)[j->second.displ] = i;
+                    env2.values[j->second.displ] = i.value;
+                } else
+                    newBnds->push_back(i);
+            }
+            newBnds->sort();
+            v.attrs = newBnds;
+        }
+    }
+
+    else
+        for (auto & i : attrs)
+            v.attrs->push_back(Attr(i.first, i.second.e->maybeThunk(state, env), &i.second.pos));
+
+    /* Dynamic attrs apply *after* rec and __overrides. */
+    for (auto & i : dynamicAttrs) {
+        Value nameVal;
+        i.nameExpr->eval(state, *dynamicEnv, nameVal);
+        state.forceValue(nameVal, i.pos);
+        if (nameVal.type == tNull)
+            continue;
+        state.forceStringNoCtx(nameVal);
+        Symbol nameSym = state.symbols.create(nameVal.string.s);
+        Bindings::iterator j = v.attrs->find(nameSym);
+        if (j != v.attrs->end())
+            throwEvalError("dynamic attribute ‘%1%’ at %2% already defined at %3%", nameSym, i.pos, *j->pos);
+
+        i.valueExpr->setName(nameSym);
+        /* Keep sorted order so find can catch duplicates */
+        v.attrs->push_back(Attr(nameSym, i.valueExpr->maybeThunk(state, *dynamicEnv), &i.pos));
+        v.attrs->sort(); // FIXME: inefficient
+    }
+}
+
+
+void ExprLet::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    /* Create a new environment that contains the attributes in this
+       `let'. */
+    Env & env2(state.allocEnv(attrs->attrs.size()));
+    env2.up = &env;
+
+    /* The recursive attributes are evaluated in the new environment,
+       while the inherited attributes are evaluated in the original
+       environment. */
+    unsigned int displ = 0;
+    for (auto & i : attrs->attrs)
+        env2.values[displ++] = i.second.e->maybeThunk(state, i.second.inherited ? env : env2);
+
+    body->eval(state, env2, v);
+}
+
+
+void ExprList::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    state.mkList(v, elems.size());
+    for (unsigned int n = 0; n < elems.size(); ++n)
+        v.listElems()[n] = elems[n]->maybeThunk(state, env);
+}
+
+
+void ExprVar::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    Value * v2 = state.lookupVar(&env, *this, false);
+    state.forceValue(*v2, pos);
+    v = *v2;
+}
+
+
+static string showAttrPath(EvalState & state, Env & env, const AttrPath & attrPath)
+{
+    std::ostringstream out;
+    bool first = true;
+    for (auto & i : attrPath) {
+        if (!first) out << '.'; else first = false;
+        try {
+            out << getName(i, state, env);
+        } catch (Error & e) {
+            assert(!i.symbol.set());
+            out << "\"${" << *i.expr << "}\"";
+        }
+    }
+    return out.str();
+}
+
+
+unsigned long nrLookups = 0;
+
+void ExprSelect::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    Value vTmp;
+    Pos * pos2 = 0;
+    Value * vAttrs = &vTmp;
+
+    e->eval(state, env, vTmp);
+
+    try {
+
+        for (auto & i : attrPath) {
+            nrLookups++;
+            Bindings::iterator j;
+            Symbol name = getName(i, state, env);
+            if (def) {
+                state.forceValue(*vAttrs, pos);
+                if (vAttrs->type != tAttrs ||
+                    (j = vAttrs->attrs->find(name)) == vAttrs->attrs->end())
+                {
+                    def->eval(state, env, v);
+                    return;
+                }
+            } else {
+                state.forceAttrs(*vAttrs, pos);
+                if ((j = vAttrs->attrs->find(name)) == vAttrs->attrs->end())
+                    throwEvalError("attribute ‘%1%’ missing, at %2%", name, pos);
+            }
+            vAttrs = j->value;
+            pos2 = j->pos;
+            if (state.countCalls && pos2) state.attrSelects[*pos2]++;
+        }
+
+        state.forceValue(*vAttrs, ( pos2 != NULL ? *pos2 : this->pos ) );
+
+    } catch (Error & e) {
+        if (pos2 && pos2->file != state.sDerivationNix)
+            addErrorPrefix(e, "while evaluating the attribute ‘%1%’ at %2%:\n",
+                showAttrPath(state, env, attrPath), *pos2);
+        throw;
+    }
+
+    v = *vAttrs;
+}
+
+
+void ExprOpHasAttr::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    Value vTmp;
+    Value * vAttrs = &vTmp;
+
+    e->eval(state, env, vTmp);
+
+    for (auto & i : attrPath) {
+        state.forceValue(*vAttrs);
+        Bindings::iterator j;
+        Symbol name = getName(i, state, env);
+        if (vAttrs->type != tAttrs ||
+            (j = vAttrs->attrs->find(name)) == vAttrs->attrs->end())
+        {
+            mkBool(v, false);
+            return;
+        } else {
+            vAttrs = j->value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    mkBool(v, true);
+}
+
+
+void ExprLambda::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    v.type = tLambda;
+    v.lambda.env = &env;
+    v.lambda.fun = this;
+}
+
+
+void ExprApp::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    /* FIXME: vFun prevents GCC from doing tail call optimisation. */
+    Value vFun;
+    e1->eval(state, env, vFun);
+    state.callFunction(vFun, *(e2->maybeThunk(state, env)), v, pos);
+}
+
+
+void EvalState::callPrimOp(Value & fun, Value & arg, Value & v, const Pos & pos)
+{
+    /* Figure out the number of arguments still needed. */
+    unsigned int argsDone = 0;
+    Value * primOp = &fun;
+    while (primOp->type == tPrimOpApp) {
+        argsDone++;
+        primOp = primOp->primOpApp.left;
+    }
+    assert(primOp->type == tPrimOp);
+    unsigned int arity = primOp->primOp->arity;
+    unsigned int argsLeft = arity - argsDone;
+
+    if (argsLeft == 1) {
+        /* We have all the arguments, so call the primop. */
+
+        /* Put all the arguments in an array. */
+        Value * vArgs[arity];
+        unsigned int n = arity - 1;
+        vArgs[n--] = &arg;
+        for (Value * arg = &fun; arg->type == tPrimOpApp; arg = arg->primOpApp.left)
+            vArgs[n--] = arg->primOpApp.right;
+
+        /* And call the primop. */
+        nrPrimOpCalls++;
+        if (countCalls) primOpCalls[primOp->primOp->name]++;
+        primOp->primOp->fun(*this, pos, vArgs, v);
+    } else {
+        Value * fun2 = allocValue();
+        *fun2 = fun;
+        v.type = tPrimOpApp;
+        v.primOpApp.left = fun2;
+        v.primOpApp.right = &arg;
+    }
+}
+
+
+void EvalState::callFunction(Value & fun, Value & arg, Value & v, const Pos & pos)
+{
+    if (fun.type == tPrimOp || fun.type == tPrimOpApp) {
+        callPrimOp(fun, arg, v, pos);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (fun.type == tAttrs) {
+      auto found = fun.attrs->find(sFunctor);
+      if (found != fun.attrs->end()) {
+        /* fun may be allocated on the stack of the calling function,
+         * but for functors we may keep a reference, so heap-allocate
+         * a copy and use that instead.
+         */
+        auto & fun2 = *allocValue();
+        fun2 = fun;
+        /* !!! Should we use the attr pos here? */
+        forceValue(*found->value, pos);
+        Value v2;
+        callFunction(*found->value, fun2, v2, pos);
+        forceValue(v2, pos);
+        return callFunction(v2, arg, v, pos);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (fun.type != tLambda)
+        throwTypeError("attempt to call something which is not a function but %1%, at %2%", fun, pos);
+
+    ExprLambda & lambda(*fun.lambda.fun);
+
+    unsigned int size =
+        (lambda.arg.empty() ? 0 : 1) +
+        (lambda.matchAttrs ? lambda.formals->formals.size() : 0);
+    Env & env2(allocEnv(size));
+    env2.up = fun.lambda.env;
+
+    unsigned int displ = 0;
+
+    if (!lambda.matchAttrs)
+        env2.values[displ++] = &arg;
+
+    else {
+        forceAttrs(arg, pos);
+
+        if (!lambda.arg.empty())
+            env2.values[displ++] = &arg;
+
+        /* For each formal argument, get the actual argument.  If
+           there is no matching actual argument but the formal
+           argument has a default, use the default. */
+        unsigned int attrsUsed = 0;
+        for (auto & i : lambda.formals->formals) {
+            Bindings::iterator j = arg.attrs->find(i.name);
+            if (j == arg.attrs->end()) {
+                if (!i.def) throwTypeError("%1% called without required argument ‘%2%’, at %3%",
+                    lambda, i.name, pos);
+                env2.values[displ++] = i.def->maybeThunk(*this, env2);
+            } else {
+                attrsUsed++;
+                env2.values[displ++] = j->value;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /* Check that each actual argument is listed as a formal
+           argument (unless the attribute match specifies a `...'). */
+        if (!lambda.formals->ellipsis && attrsUsed != arg.attrs->size()) {
+            /* Nope, so show the first unexpected argument to the
+               user. */
+            for (auto & i : *arg.attrs)
+                if (lambda.formals->argNames.find(i.name) == lambda.formals->argNames.end())
+                    throwTypeError("%1% called with unexpected argument ‘%2%’, at %3%", lambda, i.name, pos);
+            abort(); // can't happen
+        }
+    }
+
+    nrFunctionCalls++;
+    if (countCalls) incrFunctionCall(&lambda);
+
+    /* Evaluate the body.  This is conditional on showTrace, because
+       catching exceptions makes this function not tail-recursive. */
+    if (settings.showTrace)
+        try {
+            lambda.body->eval(*this, env2, v);
+        } catch (Error & e) {
+            addErrorPrefix(e, "while evaluating %1%, called from %2%:\n", lambda, pos);
+            throw;
+        }
+    else
+        fun.lambda.fun->body->eval(*this, env2, v);
+}
+
+
+// Lifted out of callFunction() because it creates a temporary that
+// prevents tail-call optimisation.
+void EvalState::incrFunctionCall(ExprLambda * fun)
+{
+    functionCalls[fun]++;
+}
+
+
+void EvalState::autoCallFunction(Bindings & args, Value & fun, Value & res)
+{
+    forceValue(fun);
+
+    if (fun.type == tAttrs) {
+        auto found = fun.attrs->find(sFunctor);
+        if (found != fun.attrs->end()) {
+            forceValue(*found->value);
+            Value * v = allocValue();
+            callFunction(*found->value, fun, *v, noPos);
+            forceValue(*v);
+            return autoCallFunction(args, *v, res);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (fun.type != tLambda || !fun.lambda.fun->matchAttrs) {
+        res = fun;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    Value * actualArgs = allocValue();
+    mkAttrs(*actualArgs, fun.lambda.fun->formals->formals.size());
+
+    for (auto & i : fun.lambda.fun->formals->formals) {
+        Bindings::iterator j = args.find(i.name);
+        if (j != args.end())
+            actualArgs->attrs->push_back(*j);
+        else if (!i.def)
+            throwTypeError("cannot auto-call a function that has an argument without a default value (‘%1%’)", i.name);
+    }
+
+    actualArgs->attrs->sort();
+
+    callFunction(fun, *actualArgs, res, noPos);
+}
+
+
+void ExprWith::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    Env & env2(state.allocEnv(1));
+    env2.up = &env;
+    env2.prevWith = prevWith;
+    env2.haveWithAttrs = false;
+    env2.values[0] = (Value *) attrs;
+
+    body->eval(state, env2, v);
+}
+
+
+void ExprIf::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    (state.evalBool(env, cond) ? then : else_)->eval(state, env, v);
+}
+
+
+void ExprAssert::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    if (!state.evalBool(env, cond, pos))
+        throwAssertionError("assertion failed at %1%", pos);
+    body->eval(state, env, v);
+}
+
+
+void ExprOpNot::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    mkBool(v, !state.evalBool(env, e));
+}
+
+
+void ExprOpEq::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    Value v1; e1->eval(state, env, v1);
+    Value v2; e2->eval(state, env, v2);
+    mkBool(v, state.eqValues(v1, v2));
+}
+
+
+void ExprOpNEq::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    Value v1; e1->eval(state, env, v1);
+    Value v2; e2->eval(state, env, v2);
+    mkBool(v, !state.eqValues(v1, v2));
+}
+
+
+void ExprOpAnd::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    mkBool(v, state.evalBool(env, e1, pos) && state.evalBool(env, e2, pos));
+}
+
+
+void ExprOpOr::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    mkBool(v, state.evalBool(env, e1, pos) || state.evalBool(env, e2, pos));
+}
+
+
+void ExprOpImpl::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    mkBool(v, !state.evalBool(env, e1, pos) || state.evalBool(env, e2, pos));
+}
+
+
+void ExprOpUpdate::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    Value v1, v2;
+    state.evalAttrs(env, e1, v1);
+    state.evalAttrs(env, e2, v2);
+
+    state.nrOpUpdates++;
+
+    if (v1.attrs->size() == 0) { v = v2; return; }
+    if (v2.attrs->size() == 0) { v = v1; return; }
+
+    state.mkAttrs(v, v1.attrs->size() + v2.attrs->size());
+
+    /* Merge the sets, preferring values from the second set.  Make
+       sure to keep the resulting vector in sorted order. */
+    Bindings::iterator i = v1.attrs->begin();
+    Bindings::iterator j = v2.attrs->begin();
+
+    while (i != v1.attrs->end() && j != v2.attrs->end()) {
+        if (i->name == j->name) {
+            v.attrs->push_back(*j);
+            ++i; ++j;
+        }
+        else if (i->name < j->name)
+            v.attrs->push_back(*i++);
+        else
+            v.attrs->push_back(*j++);
+    }
+
+    while (i != v1.attrs->end()) v.attrs->push_back(*i++);
+    while (j != v2.attrs->end()) v.attrs->push_back(*j++);
+
+    state.nrOpUpdateValuesCopied += v.attrs->size();
+}
+
+
+void ExprOpConcatLists::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    Value v1; e1->eval(state, env, v1);
+    Value v2; e2->eval(state, env, v2);
+    Value * lists[2] = { &v1, &v2 };
+    state.concatLists(v, 2, lists, pos);
+}
+
+
+void EvalState::concatLists(Value & v, unsigned int nrLists, Value * * lists, const Pos & pos)
+{
+    nrListConcats++;
+
+    Value * nonEmpty = 0;
+    unsigned int len = 0;
+    for (unsigned int n = 0; n < nrLists; ++n) {
+        forceList(*lists[n], pos);
+        unsigned int l = lists[n]->listSize();
+        len += l;
+        if (l) nonEmpty = lists[n];
+    }
+
+    if (nonEmpty && len == nonEmpty->listSize()) {
+        v = *nonEmpty;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    mkList(v, len);
+    auto out = v.listElems();
+    for (unsigned int n = 0, pos = 0; n < nrLists; ++n) {
+        unsigned int l = lists[n]->listSize();
+        memcpy(out + pos, lists[n]->listElems(), l * sizeof(Value *));
+        pos += l;
+    }
+}
+
+
+void ExprConcatStrings::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    PathSet context;
+    std::ostringstream s;
+    NixInt n = 0;
+    NixFloat nf = 0;
+
+    bool first = !forceString;
+    ValueType firstType = tString;
+
+    for (auto & i : *es) {
+        Value vTmp;
+        i->eval(state, env, vTmp);
+
+        /* If the first element is a path, then the result will also
+           be a path, we don't copy anything (yet - that's done later,
+           since paths are copied when they are used in a derivation),
+           and none of the strings are allowed to have contexts. */
+        if (first) {
+            firstType = vTmp.type;
+            first = false;
+        }
+
+        if (firstType == tInt) {
+            if (vTmp.type == tInt) {
+                n += vTmp.integer;
+            } else if (vTmp.type == tFloat) {
+                // Upgrade the type from int to float;
+                firstType = tFloat;
+                nf = n;
+                nf += vTmp.fpoint;
+            } else
+                throwEvalError("cannot add %1% to an integer, at %2%", showType(vTmp), pos);
+        } else if (firstType == tFloat) {
+            if (vTmp.type == tInt) {
+                nf += vTmp.integer;
+            } else if (vTmp.type == tFloat) {
+                nf += vTmp.fpoint;
+            } else
+                throwEvalError("cannot add %1% to a float, at %2%", showType(vTmp), pos);
+        } else
+            s << state.coerceToString(pos, vTmp, context, false, firstType == tString);
+    }
+
+    if (firstType == tInt)
+        mkInt(v, n);
+    else if (firstType == tFloat)
+        mkFloat(v, nf);
+    else if (firstType == tPath) {
+        if (!context.empty())
+            throwEvalError("a string that refers to a store path cannot be appended to a path, at %1%", pos);
+        auto path = canonPath(s.str());
+        mkPath(v, path.c_str());
+    } else
+        mkString(v, s.str(), context);
+}
+
+
+void ExprPos::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
+{
+    state.mkPos(v, &pos);
+}
+
+
+void EvalState::forceValueDeep(Value & v)
+{
+    std::set<const Value *> seen;
+
+    std::function<void(Value & v)> recurse;
+
+    recurse = [&](Value & v) {
+        if (seen.find(&v) != seen.end()) return;
+        seen.insert(&v);
+
+        forceValue(v);
+
+        if (v.type == tAttrs) {
+            for (auto & i : *v.attrs)
+                try {
+                    recurse(*i.value);
+                } catch (Error & e) {
+                    addErrorPrefix(e, "while evaluating the attribute ‘%1%’ at %2%:\n", i.name, *i.pos);
+                    throw;
+                }
+        }
+
+        else if (v.isList()) {
+            for (unsigned int n = 0; n < v.listSize(); ++n)
+                recurse(*v.listElems()[n]);
+        }
+    };
+
+    recurse(v);
+}
+
+
+NixInt EvalState::forceInt(Value & v, const Pos & pos)
+{
+    forceValue(v, pos);
+    if (v.type != tInt)
+        throwTypeError("value is %1% while an integer was expected, at %2%", v, pos);
+    return v.integer;
+}
+
+
+NixFloat EvalState::forceFloat(Value & v, const Pos & pos)
+{
+    forceValue(v, pos);
+    if (v.type == tInt)
+        return v.integer;
+    else if (v.type != tFloat)
+        throwTypeError("value is %1% while a float was expected, at %2%", v, pos);
+    return v.fpoint;
+}
+
+
+bool EvalState::forceBool(Value & v, const Pos & pos)
+{
+    forceValue(v);
+    if (v.type != tBool)
+        throwTypeError("value is %1% while a Boolean was expected, at %2%", v, pos);
+    return v.boolean;
+}
+
+
+bool EvalState::isFunctor(Value & fun)
+{
+    return fun.type == tAttrs && fun.attrs->find(sFunctor) != fun.attrs->end();
+}
+
+
+void EvalState::forceFunction(Value & v, const Pos & pos)
+{
+    forceValue(v);
+    if (v.type != tLambda && v.type != tPrimOp && v.type != tPrimOpApp && !isFunctor(v))
+        throwTypeError("value is %1% while a function was expected, at %2%", v, pos);
+}
+
+
+string EvalState::forceString(Value & v, const Pos & pos)
+{
+    forceValue(v, pos);
+    if (v.type != tString) {
+        if (pos)
+            throwTypeError("value is %1% while a string was expected, at %2%", v, pos);
+        else
+            throwTypeError("value is %1% while a string was expected", v);
+    }
+    return string(v.string.s);
+}
+
+
+void copyContext(const Value & v, PathSet & context)
+{
+    if (v.string.context)
+        for (const char * * p = v.string.context; *p; ++p)
+            context.insert(*p);
+}
+
+
+string EvalState::forceString(Value & v, PathSet & context, const Pos & pos)
+{
+    string s = forceString(v, pos);
+    copyContext(v, context);
+    return s;
+}
+
+
+string EvalState::forceStringNoCtx(Value & v, const Pos & pos)
+{
+    string s = forceString(v, pos);
+    if (v.string.context) {
+        if (pos)
+            throwEvalError("the string ‘%1%’ is not allowed to refer to a store path (such as ‘%2%’), at %3%",
+                v.string.s, v.string.context[0], pos);
+        else
+            throwEvalError("the string ‘%1%’ is not allowed to refer to a store path (such as ‘%2%’)",
+                v.string.s, v.string.context[0]);
+    }
+    return s;
+}
+
+
+bool EvalState::isDerivation(Value & v)
+{
+    if (v.type != tAttrs) return false;
+    Bindings::iterator i = v.attrs->find(sType);
+    if (i == v.attrs->end()) return false;
+    forceValue(*i->value);
+    if (i->value->type != tString) return false;
+    return strcmp(i->value->string.s, "derivation") == 0;
+}
+
+
+string EvalState::coerceToString(const Pos & pos, Value & v, PathSet & context,
+    bool coerceMore, bool copyToStore)
+{
+    forceValue(v);
+
+    string s;
+
+    if (v.type == tString) {
+        copyContext(v, context);
+        return v.string.s;
+    }
+
+    if (v.type == tPath) {
+        Path path(canonPath(v.path));
+        return copyToStore ? copyPathToStore(context, path) : path;
+    }
+
+    if (v.type == tAttrs) {
+        auto i = v.attrs->find(sToString);
+        if (i != v.attrs->end()) {
+            forceValue(*i->value, pos);
+            Value v1;
+            callFunction(*i->value, v, v1, pos);
+            return coerceToString(pos, v1, context, coerceMore, copyToStore);
+        }
+        i = v.attrs->find(sOutPath);
+        if (i == v.attrs->end()) throwTypeError("cannot coerce a set to a string, at %1%", pos);
+        return coerceToString(pos, *i->value, context, coerceMore, copyToStore);
+    }
+
+    if (v.type == tExternal)
+        return v.external->coerceToString(pos, context, coerceMore, copyToStore);
+
+    if (coerceMore) {
+
+        /* Note that `false' is represented as an empty string for
+           shell scripting convenience, just like `null'. */
+        if (v.type == tBool && v.boolean) return "1";
+        if (v.type == tBool && !v.boolean) return "";
+        if (v.type == tInt) return std::to_string(v.integer);
+        if (v.type == tFloat) return std::to_string(v.fpoint);
+        if (v.type == tNull) return "";
+
+        if (v.isList()) {
+            string result;
+            for (unsigned int n = 0; n < v.listSize(); ++n) {
+                result += coerceToString(pos, *v.listElems()[n],
+                    context, coerceMore, copyToStore);
+                if (n < v.listSize() - 1
+                    /* !!! not quite correct */
+                    && (!v.listElems()[n]->isList() || v.listElems()[n]->listSize() != 0))
+                    result += " ";
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+
+    throwTypeError("cannot coerce %1% to a string, at %2%", v, pos);
+}
+
+
+string EvalState::copyPathToStore(PathSet & context, const Path & path)
+{
+    if (nix::isDerivation(path))
+        throwEvalError("file names are not allowed to end in ‘%1%’", drvExtension);
+
+    Path dstPath;
+    if (srcToStore[path] != "")
+        dstPath = srcToStore[path];
+    else {
+        dstPath = settings.readOnlyMode
+            ? store->computeStorePathForPath(checkSourcePath(path)).first
+            : store->addToStore(baseNameOf(path), checkSourcePath(path), true, htSHA256, defaultPathFilter, repair);
+        srcToStore[path] = dstPath;
+        printMsg(lvlChatty, format("copied source ‘%1%’ -> ‘%2%’")
+            % path % dstPath);
+    }
+
+    context.insert(dstPath);
+    return dstPath;
+}
+
+
+Path EvalState::coerceToPath(const Pos & pos, Value & v, PathSet & context)
+{
+    string path = coerceToString(pos, v, context, false, false);
+    if (path == "" || path[0] != '/')
+        throwEvalError("string ‘%1%’ doesn't represent an absolute path, at %2%", path, pos);
+    return path;
+}
+
+
+bool EvalState::eqValues(Value & v1, Value & v2)
+{
+    forceValue(v1);
+    forceValue(v2);
+
+    /* !!! Hack to support some old broken code that relies on pointer
+       equality tests between sets.  (Specifically, builderDefs calls
+       uniqList on a list of sets.)  Will remove this eventually. */
+    if (&v1 == &v2) return true;
+
+    // Special case type-compatibility between float and int
+    if (v1.type == tInt && v2.type == tFloat)
+        return v1.integer == v2.fpoint;
+    if (v1.type == tFloat && v2.type == tInt)
+        return v1.fpoint == v2.integer;
+
+    // All other types are not compatible with each other.
+    if (v1.type != v2.type) return false;
+
+    switch (v1.type) {
+
+        case tInt:
+            return v1.integer == v2.integer;
+
+        case tBool:
+            return v1.boolean == v2.boolean;
+
+        case tString:
+            return strcmp(v1.string.s, v2.string.s) == 0;
+
+        case tPath:
+            return strcmp(v1.path, v2.path) == 0;
+
+        case tNull:
+            return true;
+
+        case tList1:
+        case tList2:
+        case tListN:
+            if (v1.listSize() != v2.listSize()) return false;
+            for (unsigned int n = 0; n < v1.listSize(); ++n)
+                if (!eqValues(*v1.listElems()[n], *v2.listElems()[n])) return false;
+            return true;
+
+        case tAttrs: {
+            /* If both sets denote a derivation (type = "derivation"),
+               then compare their outPaths. */
+            if (isDerivation(v1) && isDerivation(v2)) {
+                Bindings::iterator i = v1.attrs->find(sOutPath);
+                Bindings::iterator j = v2.attrs->find(sOutPath);
+                if (i != v1.attrs->end() && j != v2.attrs->end())
+                    return eqValues(*i->value, *j->value);
+            }
+
+            if (v1.attrs->size() != v2.attrs->size()) return false;
+
+            /* Otherwise, compare the attributes one by one. */
+            Bindings::iterator i, j;
+            for (i = v1.attrs->begin(), j = v2.attrs->begin(); i != v1.attrs->end(); ++i, ++j)
+                if (i->name != j->name || !eqValues(*i->value, *j->value))
+                    return false;
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        /* Functions are incomparable. */
+        case tLambda:
+        case tPrimOp:
+        case tPrimOpApp:
+            return false;
+
+        case tExternal:
+            return *v1.external == *v2.external;
+
+        case tFloat:
+            return v1.fpoint == v2.fpoint;
+
+        default:
+            throwEvalError("cannot compare %1% with %2%", showType(v1), showType(v2));
+    }
+}
+
+
+void EvalState::printStats()
+{
+    bool showStats = getEnv("NIX_SHOW_STATS", "0") != "0";
+    Verbosity v = showStats ? lvlInfo : lvlDebug;
+    printMsg(v, "evaluation statistics:");
+
+    struct rusage buf;
+    getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, &buf);
+    float cpuTime = buf.ru_utime.tv_sec + ((float) buf.ru_utime.tv_usec / 1000000);
+
+    uint64_t bEnvs = nrEnvs * sizeof(Env) + nrValuesInEnvs * sizeof(Value *);
+    uint64_t bLists = nrListElems * sizeof(Value *);
+    uint64_t bValues = nrValues * sizeof(Value);
+    uint64_t bAttrsets = nrAttrsets * sizeof(Bindings) + nrAttrsInAttrsets * sizeof(Attr);
+
+    printMsg(v, format("  time elapsed: %1%") % cpuTime);
+    printMsg(v, format("  size of a value: %1%") % sizeof(Value));
+    printMsg(v, format("  size of an attr: %1%") % sizeof(Attr));
+    printMsg(v, format("  environments allocated: %1% (%2% bytes)") % nrEnvs % bEnvs);
+    printMsg(v, format("  list elements: %1% (%2% bytes)") % nrListElems % bLists);
+    printMsg(v, format("  list concatenations: %1%") % nrListConcats);
+    printMsg(v, format("  values allocated: %1% (%2% bytes)") % nrValues % bValues);
+    printMsg(v, format("  sets allocated: %1% (%2% bytes)") % nrAttrsets % bAttrsets);
+    printMsg(v, format("  right-biased unions: %1%") % nrOpUpdates);
+    printMsg(v, format("  values copied in right-biased unions: %1%") % nrOpUpdateValuesCopied);
+    printMsg(v, format("  symbols in symbol table: %1%") % symbols.size());
+    printMsg(v, format("  size of symbol table: %1%") % symbols.totalSize());
+    printMsg(v, format("  number of thunks: %1%") % nrThunks);
+    printMsg(v, format("  number of thunks avoided: %1%") % nrAvoided);
+    printMsg(v, format("  number of attr lookups: %1%") % nrLookups);
+    printMsg(v, format("  number of primop calls: %1%") % nrPrimOpCalls);
+    printMsg(v, format("  number of function calls: %1%") % nrFunctionCalls);
+    printMsg(v, format("  total allocations: %1% bytes") % (bEnvs + bLists + bValues + bAttrsets));
+
+#if HAVE_BOEHMGC
+    GC_word heapSize, totalBytes;
+    GC_get_heap_usage_safe(&heapSize, 0, 0, 0, &totalBytes);
+    printMsg(v, format("  current Boehm heap size: %1% bytes") % heapSize);
+    printMsg(v, format("  total Boehm heap allocations: %1% bytes") % totalBytes);
+#endif
+
+    if (countCalls) {
+        v = lvlInfo;
+
+        printMsg(v, format("calls to %1% primops:") % primOpCalls.size());
+        typedef std::multimap<unsigned int, Symbol> PrimOpCalls_;
+        PrimOpCalls_ primOpCalls_;
+        for (auto & i : primOpCalls)
+            primOpCalls_.insert(std::pair<unsigned int, Symbol>(i.second, i.first));
+        for (auto i = primOpCalls_.rbegin(); i != primOpCalls_.rend(); ++i)
+            printMsg(v, format("%1$10d %2%") % i->first % i->second);
+
+        printMsg(v, format("calls to %1% functions:") % functionCalls.size());
+        typedef std::multimap<unsigned int, ExprLambda *> FunctionCalls_;
+        FunctionCalls_ functionCalls_;
+        for (auto & i : functionCalls)
+            functionCalls_.insert(std::pair<unsigned int, ExprLambda *>(i.second, i.first));
+        for (auto i = functionCalls_.rbegin(); i != functionCalls_.rend(); ++i)
+            printMsg(v, format("%1$10d %2%") % i->first % i->second->showNamePos());
+
+        printMsg(v, format("evaluations of %1% attributes:") % attrSelects.size());
+        typedef std::multimap<unsigned int, Pos> AttrSelects_;
+        AttrSelects_ attrSelects_;
+        for (auto & i : attrSelects)
+            attrSelects_.insert(std::pair<unsigned int, Pos>(i.second, i.first));
+        for (auto i = attrSelects_.rbegin(); i != attrSelects_.rend(); ++i)
+            printMsg(v, format("%1$10d %2%") % i->first % i->second);
+
+    }
+}
+
+
+size_t valueSize(Value & v)
+{
+    std::set<const void *> seen;
+
+    auto doString = [&](const char * s) -> size_t {
+        if (seen.find(s) != seen.end()) return 0;
+        seen.insert(s);
+        return strlen(s) + 1;
+    };
+
+    std::function<size_t(Value & v)> doValue;
+    std::function<size_t(Env & v)> doEnv;
+
+    doValue = [&](Value & v) -> size_t {
+        if (seen.find(&v) != seen.end()) return 0;
+        seen.insert(&v);
+
+        size_t sz = sizeof(Value);
+
+        switch (v.type) {
+        case tString:
+            sz += doString(v.string.s);
+            if (v.string.context)
+                for (const char * * p = v.string.context; *p; ++p)
+                    sz += doString(*p);
+            break;
+        case tPath:
+            sz += doString(v.path);
+            break;
+        case tAttrs:
+            if (seen.find(v.attrs) == seen.end()) {
+                seen.insert(v.attrs);
+                sz += sizeof(Bindings) + sizeof(Attr) * v.attrs->capacity();
+                for (auto & i : *v.attrs)
+                    sz += doValue(*i.value);
+            }
+            break;
+        case tList1:
+        case tList2:
+        case tListN:
+            if (seen.find(v.listElems()) == seen.end()) {
+                seen.insert(v.listElems());
+                sz += v.listSize() * sizeof(Value *);
+                for (unsigned int n = 0; n < v.listSize(); ++n)
+                    sz += doValue(*v.listElems()[n]);
+            }
+            break;
+        case tThunk:
+            sz += doEnv(*v.thunk.env);
+            break;
+        case tApp:
+            sz += doValue(*v.app.left);
+            sz += doValue(*v.app.right);
+            break;
+        case tLambda:
+            sz += doEnv(*v.lambda.env);
+            break;
+        case tPrimOpApp:
+            sz += doValue(*v.primOpApp.left);
+            sz += doValue(*v.primOpApp.right);
+            break;
+        case tExternal:
+            if (seen.find(v.external) != seen.end()) break;
+            seen.insert(v.external);
+            sz += v.external->valueSize(seen);
+            break;
+        default:
+            ;
+        }
+
+        return sz;
+    };
+
+    doEnv = [&](Env & env) -> size_t {
+        if (seen.find(&env) != seen.end()) return 0;
+        seen.insert(&env);
+
+        size_t sz = sizeof(Env) + sizeof(Value *) * env.size;
+
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < env.size; ++i)
+            if (env.values[i])
+                sz += doValue(*env.values[i]);
+
+        if (env.up) sz += doEnv(*env.up);
+
+        return sz;
+    };
+
+    return doValue(v);
+}
+
+
+string ExternalValueBase::coerceToString(const Pos & pos, PathSet & context, bool copyMore, bool copyToStore) const
+{
+    throw TypeError(format("cannot coerce %1% to a string, at %2%") %
+        showType() % pos);
+}
+
+
+bool ExternalValueBase::operator==(const ExternalValueBase & b) const
+{
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream & str, const ExternalValueBase & v) {
+    return v.print(str);
+}
+
+
+}